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[quote name='blackmn90' post='1283113' date='Jun 26 2011, 04:25 PM']Yh when i mean professional musician i meant the Stuart Pearce, Phil Mulford, Laurence Cottle busy bee types. What made me think is iv seen a few great players at ACM doing master classes and when they explain what they do it seems so simple. Laurence Cottle said for him it was hours of practice and playing lots of different genres when gigging that got him to where he is now. So is it literally just having the motivation to really want to do it that separates people from going and doing it or keeping it as a hobby? Also i do completely appreciate the not wanting to make your hobby your job thing.[/quote] not it isn't literally just having the motivation [quote name='Blademan_98' post='1283262' date='Jun 26 2011, 07:36 PM']The term professional is used more generally to denote a person who performs commercially in a field typically reserved for hobbyists or amateurs. Professional = does it for a living Amateur = does it for fun[/quote] true [quote name='merello' post='1283267' date='Jun 26 2011, 07:44 PM']Professional just means you get paid for doing what you do. All the talent in the world means very little if nobody really wants to listen to you. I remember really looking forward to seeing Stevie Vai and my mind wandering after a few songs is they were not 'tunes'. Serving the song is always better than pleasing your own musical self.[/quote] Very true You can totally find non-paid musicians to match any paid musician In my mind the only thing separating those who want to be get paid and those who do is opportunity The two things that every musician that makes money from their playing had is opportunity and desire it similar to what people say about luck Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity No matter of preparation without a change will get your there equally if you can't deliver when you get that change your not gonna get anyway (now deliver can mean playing note perfect or it can mean bringing something else)

yea I'd read that thread before and a fair few of the others I'm pretty much spent the last week or more geeking out on here and talk bass I guess I'm more interested in how the the terror bass head will sound through the compact particularly in comparison to the SP210 (which is a sound I'm pretty hot on) and also any benefits the compact may have over the SP210 and vice versa

So I've been playing bass properly in bands for 2-3 years now after being a hamfisted guitarist with a spare bass lying around In the first band I joined playing bass the keyboard player owned a bass amp so i played that for the 2 years I was with the band it was one of those behrigner ultra bass heads (350 watt I think) and 15" inch cabs I have to say i was never really happy with the amp even when I upgraded from a cheap 2nd hand tatty bass to a fender mexican precision special So I've recently joined a new band and figure i need a to get myself an amp, i've played through a ton of heads at varios shops (never the best place to judge) Out of the tc450 AND bh300, various ashdown offerings, mark bass Little Mark and fender combo I've can't get away from how good everything sounds played through the orange terror bass and SP210, the only thing that came close was the Ampeg portaflex PF500, but I only got to play this through the portaflex 15" cab and I've always had a thing against 15" cabs so at the moment it would take a hurd of bulls to dissuade me from the Orange Terror bass 5oo head My Dilema is do I get the sexy looking matching Isobaric Cab that orange does (i only have the money left for one cab so ti's a choice between the SP212 or 212) Which have always sounded great when I played them in shops. my concern is will small cab like the SP210 really be able to pull of gigging in a live band situation and that And then there's this nagging thought in the back of mind that I can't get away from 'What would the terror bass sound like through a barefaced compact' Barefaced seem to get a lot of love round here and all I've heard is pretty rave review on the stuff although bigger than the SP210 it is lighter (which seems to get more important each year that goes bye) Any views/opinions or directions appreciated

I'm really interested how you would compare this and Orange Bass Terror as I'm interested in both these heads at the moment

I saw them play last night in Bristol, the band are phenomenal and Corrine an absolute legend, her voice is incredible and depth and beauty of her songwritting is stunning. Really loved Kenny's playing, he and the drummer where locked on through some awesome pauses and changes in speed that really added to the tracks. Plus his bass sound and synth effects were awesome, I would love to know what effects he was using aswell as the rest of his rig there were some great sub bass and synthbass sounds coming form his board.